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joining us right now on the phone is metro spokesman dan stessel. thanks for joining us. you are still continuing to do track work this weekend. is that right? >> yeah, hi, brian. we are planning to proceed with track work as scheduled, though we will closely monitor conditions thugh the day sunday. if conditions deteriorate significantly, we may reevaluate that, but from a customer perspective, they should plan on the scheduled track work taking place as scheduled. >> we know the heat and snow impacts you and heavy rains and flooding affect some of the train stations and tracks. what are you doing to protect those? >> right. that's where we've been focused the last 48 hours. last night crews laid sandbags at some critical locations, vent shafts around some of those locations where we have a history of water infiltrating the tunnels. we've checked all our drainage pumping stations to ensure they're in good working order and will have personnel monitoring those through the storm. >> can you share with us some of those stations that have a history of trouble during flooding
joining us right now on the phone is metro spokesman dan stessel. thanks for joining us. you are still continuing to do track work this weekend. is that right? >> yeah, hi, brian. we are planning to proceed with track work as scheduled, though we will closely monitor conditions thugh the day sunday. if conditions deteriorate significantly, we may reevaluate that, but from a customer perspective, they should plan on the scheduled track work taking place as scheduled. >> we know the...
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. >> a little beef, just like us during the commercials, right? >> that looks like the news setup here. >> what do you mean it's going to rain on saturday? >> guilty. >> you guys are funny. you might need the hair spray. the humidity is crazy. >> it's so humid tonight. what we are not seeing is all that fog. the reason is, it's cloudy. we would have fog forming. tonight, what we're having with clouds is a couple scattered, very light showers showing up. i think they will be around in the overnought hours. and we will probably have a couple more light showers in the first part of our nurse. no big washout like we had two days ago. we talked about scattered, light showers. a couple of them around in the morning. i think they'll be out of here by the noon hour and our thursday afternoon is going to end up being nice. speaking of hair spray, a little breezy in the afternoon. out of a direction that we'll get rid of the humidity. we're going to have a few weekend showers to deal with. not so much on saturday, there will be a few around in the afternoon
. >> a little beef, just like us during the commercials, right? >> that looks like the news setup here. >> what do you mean it's going to rain on saturday? >> guilty. >> you guys are funny. you might need the hair spray. the humidity is crazy. >> it's so humid tonight. what we are not seeing is all that fog. the reason is, it's cloudy. we would have fog forming. tonight, what we're having with clouds is a couple scattered, very light showers showing up. i...
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babies r us websites. no. 1 tonight, it will cost more to carry bags on spirit airlines. starting november 6th the low cost carrier will charge passengers who wait to pay those carry-on fees at the gate $100. you can avoid the higher price by paying the fee online and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >>> i saw the fog out there on the tower cam. >> isn't it? it may be around for the morning commute. some folks might need extra time. check this out. we showed you oxon hill earlier. this is our metro camera. you can see a couple lights here and there, but the district's visibility has actually dropped since the last sure or so. we're down to about a few tenths of a mile in the district. from the looks of this camera we're down to zero visibility. be very careful driving later tonight and first thing in the morning. this fog might be hanging around. dense fog advisory could be issued. we'll see how widespread this gets. visibility in the district is just 1/2-mile and gaithersburg about 1/2-mile. .3-mile at du
babies r us websites. no. 1 tonight, it will cost more to carry bags on spirit airlines. starting november 6th the low cost carrier will charge passengers who wait to pay those carry-on fees at the gate $100. you can avoid the higher price by paying the fee online and that's tonight's fox 5 top five. >>> i saw the fog out there on the tower cam. >> isn't it? it may be around for the morning commute. some folks might need extra time. check this out. we showed you oxon hill...
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us tonight at 10:00. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> super storm sandy spreads misery up and down the east coast as new york residents try to pump out the flames, put them out and pump out the water. some of the heaviest damage is in new jersey where huge portions of the jersey shore boardwalk are gone replaced by water, sand and debris. here at home flooding the main concern, high tide. [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: the air familiar with flooding tonight was no exception. about a block -- the area familiar with flooding tonight was no exception. about a block behind me is where the potomac spilled over the edge. [ audio difficulty ] [ audio difficulty ] >> stopping by since it happened to take pictures. >> he got up at 3:30 and started doing dessert. i said maybe we should start doing dinner early. that way if the power goes out at 6:00, we could eat by candlelight. 4:00 the tree comes through my house. >> it was a tree we went expect to fall on your house. we were thinking we had
us tonight at 10:00. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00. >>> super storm sandy spreads misery up and down the east coast as new york residents try to pump out the flames, put them out and pump out the water. some of the heaviest damage is in new jersey where huge portions of the jersey shore boardwalk are gone replaced by water, sand and debris. here at home flooding the main concern, high tide. [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: the air familiar with flooding tonight...
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he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. maybe you're wondering what to believe about mitt romney. well, when it comes to protecting your access to birth control... and the basic women's health care services planned parenthood provides... one thing we must remember, is this: i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] he'll cut it off. cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> in less than 24 hours president obama and mitt romney will face off for their second presidential debate. for president obama it's a chance to regroup. for mitt romney it's a chance to show his first debate was not a fluke. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the latest. >> at hofstra university in new york finishing touches for tuesday's tow
he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. maybe you're wondering what to believe about mitt romney. well, when it comes to protecting your access to birth control... and the basic women's health care services planned parenthood provides... one thing we must remember, is this: i'll cut off funding to planned...
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think it's huge because last year this time we weren't even considered making the playoffs and for us to win this year is just amazing. >> reporter: how did you get this shirt so quickly? >> the minute that the nats clinched because of atlanta losing they cleaned out all the old shirts from the store. they put these out. they put out the hats. they put out the shirts. >> reporter: didn't see the hats. >> everything was ready to go. >> nl east champions 2012 washington nationals! >> yeah! >> reporter: it's still loud here on the sidewalk outside nats stadium. all the employees are leaving. they're very happy. there are still two more games in the regular season, tomorrow and wednesday night against the phillies 7:00 here. so the season is not over, but the celebrating has begun. >> bob, i know you've covered sports from time to time in our town. let me ask you can you ever remember a time where this much excite happened after a loss? >> reporter: good question. no. not really. will had asked me earlier what i would compare this to? i think the night barack obama was elected president t
think it's huge because last year this time we weren't even considered making the playoffs and for us to win this year is just amazing. >> reporter: how did you get this shirt so quickly? >> the minute that the nats clinched because of atlanta losing they cleaned out all the old shirts from the store. they put these out. they put out the hats. they put out the shirts. >> reporter: didn't see the hats. >> everything was ready to go. >> nl east champions 2012...
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is this going to produce showers for us tomorrow afternoon and rain delay? that does not look likely at all. all of this moisture is going to scoop up to our north and the clouds here and there are going to get a kick out of town by late morning to the noon hour. frontal boundary will swing through in the afternoon. we think it comes through dry with most of the showers up to our north. you will notice breeze, maybe a small deck of clouds coming through at 5:00, 6:00, and we are back to more sunshine on thursday with high pressure in control. it will be a cool day, certainly nice, bright, and sunny day coming. quick look at your future cast. you can see the pattern with the clouds and showers. especially areas east. a few hanging around in the morning, perhaps skies are beginning to brighten. but again, it shown for the past couple of nights and doesn't quite happen. going through the afternoon, it definitely gets nice and bright. you can see wednesday at 2:00, here comes the frontal boundary. notice how the showers disappear as they come through d.c. and it
is this going to produce showers for us tomorrow afternoon and rain delay? that does not look likely at all. all of this moisture is going to scoop up to our north and the clouds here and there are going to get a kick out of town by late morning to the noon hour. frontal boundary will swing through in the afternoon. we think it comes through dry with most of the showers up to our north. you will notice breeze, maybe a small deck of clouds coming through at 5:00, 6:00, and we are back to more...
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cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. >>> inmates at a prison in pennsylvania are being allowed to go home for a few days because of a bedbug infestation. furlough so exterminators. inmates will be allowed to go home, stay with friends and family. those who don't have a place to stay will remain at the prison in a different area. >>> controversy surrounding the zoo halloween decorations prompted the zo
cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work...
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our lindsay murphy joins us live from st. louis. i'm sure the guys happy to be heading home, but how was the attitude in the clubhouse today? prepare i wouldn't say it was natitude. of course, this team is upset they lost, especially to lose 12-4, but they're not leaving with their heads hanging down. they came here to st. louis, played a really tough environment at busch stadium and split the series. now it's back home where they have home field advantage. >> with such a short series like we've all talked about you'll have to win games on the road anyway. for to us come here and split in a tough environment against a tough team, now we go home and if we hold home field advantage, we go to the next round. >> i think going 1-1 here is huge, coming here, winning one game, going back home the next three will be great for us and playing at home is always great. >> like i said, you work all season to get home field advantage and we got it going home with the series tied. we get a chance to play in front of our fans and go back home and i
our lindsay murphy joins us live from st. louis. i'm sure the guys happy to be heading home, but how was the attitude in the clubhouse today? prepare i wouldn't say it was natitude. of course, this team is upset they lost, especially to lose 12-4, but they're not leaving with their heads hanging down. they came here to st. louis, played a really tough environment at busch stadium and split the series. now it's back home where they have home field advantage. >> with such a short series...
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cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. marywe invest in them.umber oned toin america becauset romney. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. earned -- robert griffin, iii has already earned the respect of osi you -- umenoria. the opposing quarterback sunday conserves a little respect, too. eli manning leads the nfl in yards and fewest sacks. he has a p
cut us off. planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. [ female announcer ] women need to know the real mitt romney. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. marywe invest in them.umber oned toin america becauset romney. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars...
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if you see a story we should look into, call us, 202-895- 3000 or just e-mail us, lay it out, there it is, fox5tips@wttg.com. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together president obama: i'm barack obamthis message.ve... anncr: victims. dependent. that's what mitt romney called forty-seven percent... of americans. including people on medicare. but what about his plan for you? romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. a plan aarp says would undermine medicare. you're no victim..
if you see a story we should look into, call us, 202-895- 3000 or just e-mail us, lay it out, there it is, fox5tips@wttg.com. as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together...
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this will take us through the weekend. not much has changed here from earlier from 5:00, but subtly a few things have changed now and that's when you bring the storm up into making landfall in the northeast. it is looking increasingly more likely now that this storm's greatest impact will be from the delmarva right up to providence and at least the new england states and by compact we're talking about a little bit of everything. i don't want you to concentrate so much on the red line there. however, the center of this track is through new jersey. it may have shifted a little bit more down to the south and to the southwest and that does not bode well for new york city, for manhattan, those highly populated areas there. philadelphia comes into play with this as well. if you look at this and if this is a perfect forecast, it's probably not this far out, but i think we're beginning to get a good idea where this storm is going to go, we are still on the southern end of that which means we wouldn't get the highest wind, we would
this will take us through the weekend. not much has changed here from earlier from 5:00, but subtly a few things have changed now and that's when you bring the storm up into making landfall in the northeast. it is looking increasingly more likely now that this storm's greatest impact will be from the delmarva right up to providence and at least the new england states and by compact we're talking about a little bit of everything. i don't want you to concentrate so much on the red line there....